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Chicago examiner price five cents vol xvii no 8 a m ,â€” , â– ' â– â– ' ... c * * * sunday Chicago august 27 191g sunday morrison bares life story like romance breath of the sea and call of the wilderness march through tales of the day when mil lionaire wooed adventure adopted daughters children of burnstein says foster parent ward always loyal he de clares revealing history of suit the life history of edward w morrison and its most recent chapter the fight waged over his wealth was told by himself last night to an examiner reporter bit by bit through court testimony the public has received snatches of the life of the eccentric multimil lionaire whose financial affairs are being aired in judge landi court but from the man upon whom graft ers fictitious friends and question able lawyers have preyed comes the first direct story his has been a romantic career one that could well consume the | time of a novelist for in his day he j has sailed the ocean and lakes in his own sailing craft he has mined gold silver and other metals in mexico he has roved the plains and mountains of the united states â€” and he has | seen both the gilded and the shady side of life tells the story of his adventures captain morrison as he likes to be called and which title was given to him when he sailed the ocean sat in the living room of his home at 759 west harrison street and told | the story of his life from his early | boyhood to the present â€” covering a i period of almost four score years his multitude of odd experiences and his many vexations legal and otherwise have not dulled his mem ory and he talked more like a man of middle age than the octogenarian he la he does not bear the stamp of the man whose desires run to joyrides j and outings of a questionable nature j as has been told in court mr morrison with all the millions â– he has possessed is a typical down east yankee sea captain his lean ' we'atherbeaten face and rough fea ' tures and stringy white beard a foot long proclaim him to be of the stamp of men who commanded the sailing vessels which left boston hirbor a l-.alf century ngo to circle the globe breath of the sea in his life story and his home is typical of those in which sea captains of his day spent the later part of their lives a smoking oil lamp burned on the table for although the aged man is reputed to be worth between 2 000,000 and 8,000,000 the two-story frame house in which he resides in the crowded middlewest side lacks gaj electricity telephone and even a furnace to heat it a heater stands in the middle of the living room and the pipe from it is strung from the ceiling and ends outside of the bouse cares little for opinion of public at first mr morrison was reluctant u talk of the affair in the fed eral court what was the use he argued statements defaming hla character and questioning his mental ability had been made and published men ordered to prepare for strike first silver bank arrest is made special session plan abandoned soldiers voteless lucey decides enfranchising act for guardsmen would be unconstitutional governor dunne will not call a spe cial session of the legislature for the purpose of adopting measures that will permit the members of the illi nois national guard stationed on the border to cast ballots in the novem ber election a decision to this ef fect was reached last night based on adverse opinion in the matter by at torney general lucey and failure of a two-thirds majority of the legisla tors to approve the plan the attorney general expressed the belief that the enactment of a law which would ptrmtt the troopers to vote by mail would be unconstitu tional because of the fact that the national guardsmen have been mus tered into the united states army it was found further that the pro ponents of the plan were in need of twenty-five votes to give them a ma jority in the legislature under the federal constitution united states soldiers do not vote because they have no fixed residence this fact with the additional development that the legislature would probably refuse to pass the bill if called to gether caused the governor to aban don the project of issuing a call for a special session mrs mcadoo better typhoid case mild by international news service spring lake n j aug 26 mrs william gibbs mcadoo wife of the secretary of the treasury and daugh ter of president wilson who is 111 at her home from a mild case of typhoid fever is said to-night to be better mrs mcadoo's physician dr william gray schauffler surgeon gen eral of new jersey says her case is not serious â– ' carnegie's yacht reaches maine port by international news service eastport me aug 26 â€” the steam yacht surf aboard which an drew carnegie is cruising in maine and canadian waters arrived hero to-day from bar , harbor after a few hours here the yacht steamed for st andrews n b it was said she may go to st john or digby allies ask argentine to intern u-boats buenos aires aug 26 the ministers of the entente powers have asked the government that any hos tile submarine which may arrive be interned as a war engine it is said the same request has been made of all neutral states 50 th consecutive gain yesterday compared with the same business day last year following are the gains or losses of the Chicago examiner in display advertising for each day of this month : august 1 1.00 col gain august 2 13.15 " â– august 3 8.07 " Â« august 4 13.96 u - august 5 4.92 " - august 6 sunday 74.08 " Â» august 7 28.06 " " august 8 20 - â€” august 9 10.36 " â€¢ august 10 8.05 " - august 11 19.98 " " august 12 6.92 " " august 13 sunday)32jl Â« Â« august 14 15.04 " " august is 1430 " " august 16 12.78 " " august 17 13.08 " â€¢â€¢ august 18 12.62 " Â» august 19 8.17 " " august 20 sunday)2o.76 " " august 21 xi " " august 22 89 " " august 23 j5l " " august 24 4.87 " Â« august 25 11.90 " august 26 3.84 " " total gain 340.79 " total gain during july 1916 over july 1915 578.24 " i'bese nsures irom the wasiiington press an independent audit company ire on the basts cl 281 agate lines to a olamn merit men to fill all city posts 91 civil service examinations to be held 500 temporary ap pointees must pass or quit questions relating to adminis tration's motive in tests will be answered says coffin every civil service position in the city government will be filled by a regular civil service employe by the first of the year this announcement made yester day by percy b coffin president of the civil service commission means that between 400 and ftoo temporary appointees will lose their positions unless they are able to demonstrate their worth in a competitive exam ination ninety-one examinations beginning september 5 and ending december 30 will be held by the commission the tests includ9 such important posi tions with annual salaries indicated ss those held now by the following persons under sixty-day appoint ments august w miller superintend ent of streets 4,0z0 w d l'ui?h assistant city treasurer 4.050 joÃŸeph mman deputy city col lector 4,020 ollfe king general foreman re daction plant 3,600 dr iv a gekler superintend ent of the municipal tuber culosis sanitarium 3,500 charles larkln chief of de tectives 1,500 morton maccormac statistician of school board 3,000 edgar t davies supei-vlsor of equipment of the health de partment 2,700 felix mitchell first assistant superintendent of streets 2,700 third assistant nnprrintendent of street vacancy 2,704 julius gabelman chief street engineer 2,700 dr albert j stuke bureau chief food inspection 2,820 william stocker gas supervisor 2,700 fred abele electrical super visor v 2,700 frar.k t mcmahon foreman of horses and veterinarian 2,400 dr martin hitter publicity di rector of the municipal tuber culous sanitarium 2,520 john f pelka foreman of as poult repairs 340 carl massman accountant mu nicipal tuberculosis sanita rium 2,340 mrs l k torbot secretary of morals commission 2,340 practically every person now hold ing a temporary position owes his rppointment either to the kindness of a political friend or individual po litical ability because of this mr coffin was asked two questions 1 opponents of the administration and outsiders will possibly raise the cry that temporary appointees vill be taken care of as far as the examinations are concerned what have you to say to that o they will also possibly say that this move is a plan of the ad ministration to protect thompson ap u s weather forecast Chicago and vicixitv â€” fair and continued cool sunday monday fair and kllgrktl warmer gentle north to northeast winds becoming variable monday temperature for twnty-four hous ending 2 a m : highest 72 lowest 6 mean 69 xormal temperature for the day 70 excess of temperature since january 1 574 precipitation for twenty-four hcurs 04 inch excess since january 1 50 inch 1 . relntitve humidity 7 a dr 80 2 p m 72 7 p m 61 barometric pressure reduced to sea utel 7 a m u.s9 7 p m 25.04 sunrise to-day c:10 sunset 6:32 moon r'hes c *)<> a m moi-day coindleto cutermnent report on pase 11 part 11 british seize grain dutch fear famine by international nena service washington aug 26â€”brit ish warships under direct orders from the admiralty now are holding up and seizing all grain cargoes destined to con signees in the nehterlands and the dutch are threatened by a famine in this staple the state department was advised today in telegrams from minister van dyke at the hague british gain 400 yards on thiepval gen haig reports city is near fall german attacks in cham pagne and at verdun fall down by international news service london aug 26 â€” the two moat powerfully fortified german posi tions north of the somme â€” thiepval and the leipzig redoubt â€” are slowly being won by the british despite the utmost efforts of the teutons to win back their lost ground in these two vital sectors general haig's ter ritorial troops not only are repulsing all german attacks but are steadily increasing their gains they have won a further 400 yards of trenches along the thlepval-cour celotte road and despite the great concentration of german troops in the neighborhood have pressed on east and southwest of mouquet farm the prussian guard proudest corps of the fatherland has been sent to the threatened front but their most desperate efforts have been unable to win back any of the important terrain which has been taken in the british advance according to a re port from general haig expect new offensive to the support of these wonderful fighting men great masses of ger man artillery have been brought up and a bombardment of almost un precedented violence is being direct ed against the british front in fact along practically the entire front north of the somme the germans are bringing to bear tons of metal and explosives while under cover of their guns they are launching attacks at numerous points this unusual activity leads some critics to the belief that a vast counter-offensive is imminent attacks were delivered during the night not only in the thiepval re gion but against the british lines west of guillemont and the french front south of maurepas all these attacks were repulsed attack in champagne hand to hand fighting of the greatest violence continued through out the day around the ruins of the mouquet farm general haig re ports on this sector as well as in the new trenches south of thiepval worcestershire and wiltshire men hold the british lines it was these troops who repulsed the prussian guard last night attacks by the germans on the champagne and verdun fronts were repulsed by the french last night ac cording to the afternoon paris com munique . the british war office statement follows the enemy bombarded our first line trenches along the front south of the ancre river from 7 o'clock last night until this morning under the cover of his artillery fire he attacked positions west of guillemont be tween the stone quarry and the monteuban-guillemont road the at : tackers did not reach our line the j assault being repulsed with great j loss near moquet farm we progressed ! further both to the east of the farm and also to the southwest where we 50 miles on aegean won by bulgars invaders sweep serbs and british before them in northwestern greece menace saloniki greek fort and several villages captured entire garrison of former is put to sword war summary west front â€” british gain 400 yard on thiepval and leipzig re doubt make further progress at moquet farm french repulse german attacks in champagne east front â€” russians renew drive against austrian in car pathians capturing several towns austriant recapture one town by international news service london aug 26 â€” the bulgars have seized fifty milea of greek ter ritory on the aegean sea and are menacing the eastern fla.ik of the allied armies according to official information announced in sofia a war office statement issued there indicates that the invaders are in oc cupation of all northeastern greece from the bulgarian frontier to the aegean from this direction their i left wing armies are less than fifty i miles from saloniki base of the al lied expedition the same statement records a heavy defeat of the serbians on the western wing of the entente front not only have they made progress northwest of lake ostrovo on the ciganska , ridge but strong serbian attacks in ! the moglenca sector were repulsed with heavy losses the serbians re tiring seize ofano positions the strong menace on the aegean coast is indicated by the fact that the bulgarians have seized a number of positions around orfano the present extremity of the allied front they report that british advanced groups in this region were driven in the greek fort o startila also has been seized by the invaders accord ing to a dispatch to the paris matin the garrison is said to have been wiped out this and the other bul garian incursions is reported 10 bave so aroused the greek populace that the government feels uneasy â– bulgarian forces that have been operating east of the struma river in the sector of seres have ad vanced twenty miles in a southeast erly direction meanwhile engaging both british and greek troops british destroy bridges the bulgarian force is made up of regulars belonging to the tenth di vision and comitadjis infantry cavalry and artillery are all engaged in the fighting east of lake tahinos where the bulgars are engaged in a desperate effort to ' reach pravishta and kavala both of which towns arc held by greek troops a big area of eastern greek mace donia is being devasted the british i have destroyed a number of bridges over the angista river and the bjl garians are leaving a trail of deso ation in their wake thousands of refugees are pouring toward saloniki and other coast cities bringing terrible stories of barbarities inflicted by the bulgars principally the comtadjis irregu lars the bulgarian official report fol lows our offensive on our right wins continues in the region of moglenica , mountain considerable serbian forces | of the schamadia division supported i by neighboring troops made eighteen attacks against our advanced posi tions in and around the sector of | ikurkuruz between the night of au , ] gust 21 and the afternoon of august 23 all the attacks were repulsed ; with heavy losses and the serbs then i retired on our right wing our troops which reached the aegean coast en gaged the weak british cavalry de tachments during their advance and put them to flight in the direction of j ; orphano and goge they were pur j i sued by the bulgarians the berlin report on the balkan j front says northwest of lake ostrovo prog 1 res h:is been made there has been further fighting on the digenska planima and moglenica enemy at tacks were repulsed our patience gone says chief wilson turns to congress president will seek to push through 8-hour law lee tells trainmen to go home and await order by international news serv'ce washington aug 26 w g lee head of the brotherhood of trainmen made a red-hot speech this afternoon in favor of a strike he said to the 640 delegates assembled in the bijou theater i am tired of the whole thing the railroad presidents have not made a single direct proposition lam tired of being kidded along in the strongest sort of language he urged the 640 delegates to go to their homes and prepare for a strike ie told the men all to leave washington by sundown to-morrow night and said he would be gone by that time w s carter head of the firemen who was in the hall listened but made no speech it is known his sentiments are identical with lee's warren s stone and a b garretson did not attend the meeting both garretson and stone have tried all possible means to avert a strike the strike orders which will not become effective until ten days after being issued have been printed in new york and will be dis tributed to-morrow at a meeting in the bijou theater when the vari ous delegates will go home they will then traverse their systems and instruct the men of their organizations the hour and date of strike are named in the orders the delegates will carry with them all that can avert the strike is a possible compromise which it is said to-night neither the big four nor the brotherhood delegates believe is probable only hope seen in eight-hour law by international news service washington aug 26 â€” president wilson as a last desperate resort to prevent the threatened railway strike has initiated plans to force through congress immediately a law requiring the observ ance of the basic eight-hour day the effect was to suspend temporarily the white house conferences with the railway executives it was announced there would not be an other such meeting until 10 o'clock monday morning *â€¢ in no other way it was said could the leaders of the railway trainmen be restrained from calling an imme diate strike when they learned the executives were holding out for arbi tration steps were at once taken to call the men out strike orders prepared to be issued to-day it was announced during the aft ernoon that strike orders prepared in new york would be issued at the bijou theater sunday morning the new move leaves the situation still in the balance this rush of events followed an unexpected personal visit by presi dent wilson at the capitol the sen sational turn given to the proceed â– ings threw the executives into a state ! of panic they had no intimation of what was coming off and were in session at the time putting the finishing touches to what they were pleased to j term their ultimatum railroads waiting pleasure of wilson a hurried adjournment was taken and at 7 o'clock hale ho!den chair man of the subcommittee of the ex ecutives issued this statement the railway presidents having i concluded their discussion the com i | mittee of eight has asked for an ap j pointment lit the white house they ; are awaiting the pleasure of presi dent wilson when the statement was issued the executives had no definite knowledge of the main purport of the confer ence between the president and the i democratic leaders in the senate they had decidedly unanimously to renew the demand that the question i of an eight-hour day be submitted to arbitration agree to set aside increase in wages their only concession was a pro posed agreement to set aside from foe destroys u s fleet and lands army in new york base established on long island by admiral mayo after defeating blues bv international news service washington aug 26 â€” the blue defending fleet of rear ad miral helm has been destroyed or put out of action the submarines fail ing to interfere with the landing of enemy troops on long island and admiral mayo with the red fleet has won the greatest of naval war games ever attempted off the ameri can coast the central problem of the war j game was the landing of a fully j armed and equipped army at some point on the atlantic coast between eastport me and cap hatteraa | admiral mayo was sighted 600 mile3 off the coast and was reported to be convoying thirty transports late last night the defending fleet was drawn up to strike admiral | i mayo in the vicinity of cape may | n r but the red commander sud i cienly changed his course and head ed straight up the jersey coast to ward new york the battle fleets came in direct contact about five o'clock this morning the battle | raged for about six hours during which the blue fleet was construc tively annihilated the only hope of the defenders lay in the submarines twelve of which i were bunched off fire island for | just such an emergency the sub i marines rushed forward and attempt j ed to stop the landing operations | pour of the submarines were prompt ly sunk and others damaged this gave admiral mayo complete control | ut the sea relative of banker captured in indiana trail of max silver and myste rious woman now closely fol lowed and their apprehension with nearly 100,000 expected charles s jackson found by detectives in wawasee ind denies implication in or knowledge of bank looting poltce hot on the trail of max silver private banker who is missing along with his deposi tors funds scooped up their nets last | night at lake wawasee indiana and i got charles s jackson 14s brother in-law who left Chicago at the time i of silver's flight jackson was rushed to Chicago avul ' upon his arrival war between state's attorney hoyne and the police de partment broke out anew the law yer's police escort was met by opera stives from the state's attorney's of fice who at once took jackson to the i criminal court building mr hoyno then heatedly denounced the police department blaming upon their in terference the spoiling of a coup which would have resulted in the arrest of max silver and the tracing j of his brother adolph ; will follow new clew pointing to toledo o while questioning jackson th.es state's attorney gave orders to fol low a new clew pointing to toledo 0 a-s the abjective point of max sil ver's flight the latest information furnished to the examiner anil turned over to mr hoyne links la with the chain of facts which in dicate that the fugitive private banker had spent part of the time since his flight with jackson in in diana state's attorney hoyne described jackson's arrest as a monumental blunder on the part of chief healey's police department he said the prem ature arrest spoiled a chance to get a line on silver the police in turn blamed newspaper reporters who bit the trail to wawasee , this arrest of jackson furnishes one of the worst blunders on the part of chief healey that the state's at torney's office has yet had to deal with said mr hoyne at midnight when the prisoner was brought be fore him for further questioning which brought no confession of any thing declares police spoiled plans they picked jackson up when we had two men trailing him two men who knew when jackson left Chicago where he had gone and where he last saw silver while we were await ing developments in step the police and spoil all by by this blundering arrest he added jackson proved an obstinate catch he protested his lack of knowledge of the bank failure or of max sil ver's doings throughout the trip to ! Chicago and the early grilling in the ' hands of state's attorney hoyne though jackson himself named in a warrant charging him v.-ith a part in a conspiracy in the bank failure protested his innocence of every thing the police did le.trn that ha was visited at wawaaee inn by x stubby mustached man who might be silver meets man and woman in auto that connected with the report from wawasee which was supplied by a Chicago commercial man r a burnett 4501 calumet avenue leads the police to believe tha the flteing banker was in the neighborhmft aug , â€” â€” . , i continued on 10th page 3d column i ___ __ k continued on 10th page ist column continued on sth page ist column continued on 2d page 6t+i column y final y 1 edition ( ) this edition consist of f ) t i â€” sew * â€” society \- s 1 *â€” sews b â€” city life f~~j i i 1 t__t_t_._a orrctsau _. \ _â€” actoc movies sports 8 â€” a ent ad k_iot real estate feature f magosi'e clubs 8 comics v n â€” 1

Chicago examiner price five cents vol xvii no 8 a m ,â€” , â– ' â– â– ' ... c * * * sunday Chicago august 27 191g sunday morrison bares life story like romance breath of the sea and call of the wilderness march through tales of the day when mil lionaire wooed adventure adopted daughters children of burnstein says foster parent ward always loyal he de clares revealing history of suit the life history of edward w morrison and its most recent chapter the fight waged over his wealth was told by himself last night to an examiner reporter bit by bit through court testimony the public has received snatches of the life of the eccentric multimil lionaire whose financial affairs are being aired in judge landi court but from the man upon whom graft ers fictitious friends and question able lawyers have preyed comes the first direct story his has been a romantic career one that could well consume the | time of a novelist for in his day he j has sailed the ocean and lakes in his own sailing craft he has mined gold silver and other metals in mexico he has roved the plains and mountains of the united states â€” and he has | seen both the gilded and the shady side of life tells the story of his adventures captain morrison as he likes to be called and which title was given to him when he sailed the ocean sat in the living room of his home at 759 west harrison street and told | the story of his life from his early | boyhood to the present â€” covering a i period of almost four score years his multitude of odd experiences and his many vexations legal and otherwise have not dulled his mem ory and he talked more like a man of middle age than the octogenarian he la he does not bear the stamp of the man whose desires run to joyrides j and outings of a questionable nature j as has been told in court mr morrison with all the millions â– he has possessed is a typical down east yankee sea captain his lean ' we'atherbeaten face and rough fea ' tures and stringy white beard a foot long proclaim him to be of the stamp of men who commanded the sailing vessels which left boston hirbor a l-.alf century ngo to circle the globe breath of the sea in his life story and his home is typical of those in which sea captains of his day spent the later part of their lives a smoking oil lamp burned on the table for although the aged man is reputed to be worth between 2 000,000 and 8,000,000 the two-story frame house in which he resides in the crowded middlewest side lacks gaj electricity telephone and even a furnace to heat it a heater stands in the middle of the living room and the pipe from it is strung from the ceiling and ends outside of the bouse cares little for opinion of public at first mr morrison was reluctant u talk of the affair in the fed eral court what was the use he argued statements defaming hla character and questioning his mental ability had been made and published men ordered to prepare for strike first silver bank arrest is made special session plan abandoned soldiers voteless lucey decides enfranchising act for guardsmen would be unconstitutional governor dunne will not call a spe cial session of the legislature for the purpose of adopting measures that will permit the members of the illi nois national guard stationed on the border to cast ballots in the novem ber election a decision to this ef fect was reached last night based on adverse opinion in the matter by at torney general lucey and failure of a two-thirds majority of the legisla tors to approve the plan the attorney general expressed the belief that the enactment of a law which would ptrmtt the troopers to vote by mail would be unconstitu tional because of the fact that the national guardsmen have been mus tered into the united states army it was found further that the pro ponents of the plan were in need of twenty-five votes to give them a ma jority in the legislature under the federal constitution united states soldiers do not vote because they have no fixed residence this fact with the additional development that the legislature would probably refuse to pass the bill if called to gether caused the governor to aban don the project of issuing a call for a special session mrs mcadoo better typhoid case mild by international news service spring lake n j aug 26 mrs william gibbs mcadoo wife of the secretary of the treasury and daugh ter of president wilson who is 111 at her home from a mild case of typhoid fever is said to-night to be better mrs mcadoo's physician dr william gray schauffler surgeon gen eral of new jersey says her case is not serious â– ' carnegie's yacht reaches maine port by international news service eastport me aug 26 â€” the steam yacht surf aboard which an drew carnegie is cruising in maine and canadian waters arrived hero to-day from bar , harbor after a few hours here the yacht steamed for st andrews n b it was said she may go to st john or digby allies ask argentine to intern u-boats buenos aires aug 26 the ministers of the entente powers have asked the government that any hos tile submarine which may arrive be interned as a war engine it is said the same request has been made of all neutral states 50 th consecutive gain yesterday compared with the same business day last year following are the gains or losses of the Chicago examiner in display advertising for each day of this month : august 1 1.00 col gain august 2 13.15 " â– august 3 8.07 " Â« august 4 13.96 u - august 5 4.92 " - august 6 sunday 74.08 " Â» august 7 28.06 " " august 8 20 - â€” august 9 10.36 " â€¢ august 10 8.05 " - august 11 19.98 " " august 12 6.92 " " august 13 sunday)32jl Â« Â« august 14 15.04 " " august is 1430 " " august 16 12.78 " " august 17 13.08 " â€¢â€¢ august 18 12.62 " Â» august 19 8.17 " " august 20 sunday)2o.76 " " august 21 xi " " august 22 89 " " august 23 j5l " " august 24 4.87 " Â« august 25 11.90 " august 26 3.84 " " total gain 340.79 " total gain during july 1916 over july 1915 578.24 " i'bese nsures irom the wasiiington press an independent audit company ire on the basts cl 281 agate lines to a olamn merit men to fill all city posts 91 civil service examinations to be held 500 temporary ap pointees must pass or quit questions relating to adminis tration's motive in tests will be answered says coffin every civil service position in the city government will be filled by a regular civil service employe by the first of the year this announcement made yester day by percy b coffin president of the civil service commission means that between 400 and ftoo temporary appointees will lose their positions unless they are able to demonstrate their worth in a competitive exam ination ninety-one examinations beginning september 5 and ending december 30 will be held by the commission the tests includ9 such important posi tions with annual salaries indicated ss those held now by the following persons under sixty-day appoint ments august w miller superintend ent of streets 4,0z0 w d l'ui?h assistant city treasurer 4.050 joÃŸeph mman deputy city col lector 4,020 ollfe king general foreman re daction plant 3,600 dr iv a gekler superintend ent of the municipal tuber culosis sanitarium 3,500 charles larkln chief of de tectives 1,500 morton maccormac statistician of school board 3,000 edgar t davies supei-vlsor of equipment of the health de partment 2,700 felix mitchell first assistant superintendent of streets 2,700 third assistant nnprrintendent of street vacancy 2,704 julius gabelman chief street engineer 2,700 dr albert j stuke bureau chief food inspection 2,820 william stocker gas supervisor 2,700 fred abele electrical super visor v 2,700 frar.k t mcmahon foreman of horses and veterinarian 2,400 dr martin hitter publicity di rector of the municipal tuber culous sanitarium 2,520 john f pelka foreman of as poult repairs 340 carl massman accountant mu nicipal tuberculosis sanita rium 2,340 mrs l k torbot secretary of morals commission 2,340 practically every person now hold ing a temporary position owes his rppointment either to the kindness of a political friend or individual po litical ability because of this mr coffin was asked two questions 1 opponents of the administration and outsiders will possibly raise the cry that temporary appointees vill be taken care of as far as the examinations are concerned what have you to say to that o they will also possibly say that this move is a plan of the ad ministration to protect thompson ap u s weather forecast Chicago and vicixitv â€” fair and continued cool sunday monday fair and kllgrktl warmer gentle north to northeast winds becoming variable monday temperature for twnty-four hous ending 2 a m : highest 72 lowest 6 mean 69 xormal temperature for the day 70 excess of temperature since january 1 574 precipitation for twenty-four hcurs 04 inch excess since january 1 50 inch 1 . relntitve humidity 7 a dr 80 2 p m 72 7 p m 61 barometric pressure reduced to sea utel 7 a m u.s9 7 p m 25.04 sunrise to-day c:10 sunset 6:32 moon r'hes c *)<> a m moi-day coindleto cutermnent report on pase 11 part 11 british seize grain dutch fear famine by international nena service washington aug 26â€”brit ish warships under direct orders from the admiralty now are holding up and seizing all grain cargoes destined to con signees in the nehterlands and the dutch are threatened by a famine in this staple the state department was advised today in telegrams from minister van dyke at the hague british gain 400 yards on thiepval gen haig reports city is near fall german attacks in cham pagne and at verdun fall down by international news service london aug 26 â€” the two moat powerfully fortified german posi tions north of the somme â€” thiepval and the leipzig redoubt â€” are slowly being won by the british despite the utmost efforts of the teutons to win back their lost ground in these two vital sectors general haig's ter ritorial troops not only are repulsing all german attacks but are steadily increasing their gains they have won a further 400 yards of trenches along the thlepval-cour celotte road and despite the great concentration of german troops in the neighborhood have pressed on east and southwest of mouquet farm the prussian guard proudest corps of the fatherland has been sent to the threatened front but their most desperate efforts have been unable to win back any of the important terrain which has been taken in the british advance according to a re port from general haig expect new offensive to the support of these wonderful fighting men great masses of ger man artillery have been brought up and a bombardment of almost un precedented violence is being direct ed against the british front in fact along practically the entire front north of the somme the germans are bringing to bear tons of metal and explosives while under cover of their guns they are launching attacks at numerous points this unusual activity leads some critics to the belief that a vast counter-offensive is imminent attacks were delivered during the night not only in the thiepval re gion but against the british lines west of guillemont and the french front south of maurepas all these attacks were repulsed attack in champagne hand to hand fighting of the greatest violence continued through out the day around the ruins of the mouquet farm general haig re ports on this sector as well as in the new trenches south of thiepval worcestershire and wiltshire men hold the british lines it was these troops who repulsed the prussian guard last night attacks by the germans on the champagne and verdun fronts were repulsed by the french last night ac cording to the afternoon paris com munique . the british war office statement follows the enemy bombarded our first line trenches along the front south of the ancre river from 7 o'clock last night until this morning under the cover of his artillery fire he attacked positions west of guillemont be tween the stone quarry and the monteuban-guillemont road the at : tackers did not reach our line the j assault being repulsed with great j loss near moquet farm we progressed ! further both to the east of the farm and also to the southwest where we 50 miles on aegean won by bulgars invaders sweep serbs and british before them in northwestern greece menace saloniki greek fort and several villages captured entire garrison of former is put to sword war summary west front â€” british gain 400 yard on thiepval and leipzig re doubt make further progress at moquet farm french repulse german attacks in champagne east front â€” russians renew drive against austrian in car pathians capturing several towns austriant recapture one town by international news service london aug 26 â€” the bulgars have seized fifty milea of greek ter ritory on the aegean sea and are menacing the eastern fla.ik of the allied armies according to official information announced in sofia a war office statement issued there indicates that the invaders are in oc cupation of all northeastern greece from the bulgarian frontier to the aegean from this direction their i left wing armies are less than fifty i miles from saloniki base of the al lied expedition the same statement records a heavy defeat of the serbians on the western wing of the entente front not only have they made progress northwest of lake ostrovo on the ciganska , ridge but strong serbian attacks in ! the moglenca sector were repulsed with heavy losses the serbians re tiring seize ofano positions the strong menace on the aegean coast is indicated by the fact that the bulgarians have seized a number of positions around orfano the present extremity of the allied front they report that british advanced groups in this region were driven in the greek fort o startila also has been seized by the invaders accord ing to a dispatch to the paris matin the garrison is said to have been wiped out this and the other bul garian incursions is reported 10 bave so aroused the greek populace that the government feels uneasy â– bulgarian forces that have been operating east of the struma river in the sector of seres have ad vanced twenty miles in a southeast erly direction meanwhile engaging both british and greek troops british destroy bridges the bulgarian force is made up of regulars belonging to the tenth di vision and comitadjis infantry cavalry and artillery are all engaged in the fighting east of lake tahinos where the bulgars are engaged in a desperate effort to ' reach pravishta and kavala both of which towns arc held by greek troops a big area of eastern greek mace donia is being devasted the british i have destroyed a number of bridges over the angista river and the bjl garians are leaving a trail of deso ation in their wake thousands of refugees are pouring toward saloniki and other coast cities bringing terrible stories of barbarities inflicted by the bulgars principally the comtadjis irregu lars the bulgarian official report fol lows our offensive on our right wins continues in the region of moglenica , mountain considerable serbian forces | of the schamadia division supported i by neighboring troops made eighteen attacks against our advanced posi tions in and around the sector of | ikurkuruz between the night of au , ] gust 21 and the afternoon of august 23 all the attacks were repulsed ; with heavy losses and the serbs then i retired on our right wing our troops which reached the aegean coast en gaged the weak british cavalry de tachments during their advance and put them to flight in the direction of j ; orphano and goge they were pur j i sued by the bulgarians the berlin report on the balkan j front says northwest of lake ostrovo prog 1 res h:is been made there has been further fighting on the digenska planima and moglenica enemy at tacks were repulsed our patience gone says chief wilson turns to congress president will seek to push through 8-hour law lee tells trainmen to go home and await order by international news serv'ce washington aug 26 w g lee head of the brotherhood of trainmen made a red-hot speech this afternoon in favor of a strike he said to the 640 delegates assembled in the bijou theater i am tired of the whole thing the railroad presidents have not made a single direct proposition lam tired of being kidded along in the strongest sort of language he urged the 640 delegates to go to their homes and prepare for a strike ie told the men all to leave washington by sundown to-morrow night and said he would be gone by that time w s carter head of the firemen who was in the hall listened but made no speech it is known his sentiments are identical with lee's warren s stone and a b garretson did not attend the meeting both garretson and stone have tried all possible means to avert a strike the strike orders which will not become effective until ten days after being issued have been printed in new york and will be dis tributed to-morrow at a meeting in the bijou theater when the vari ous delegates will go home they will then traverse their systems and instruct the men of their organizations the hour and date of strike are named in the orders the delegates will carry with them all that can avert the strike is a possible compromise which it is said to-night neither the big four nor the brotherhood delegates believe is probable only hope seen in eight-hour law by international news service washington aug 26 â€” president wilson as a last desperate resort to prevent the threatened railway strike has initiated plans to force through congress immediately a law requiring the observ ance of the basic eight-hour day the effect was to suspend temporarily the white house conferences with the railway executives it was announced there would not be an other such meeting until 10 o'clock monday morning *â€¢ in no other way it was said could the leaders of the railway trainmen be restrained from calling an imme diate strike when they learned the executives were holding out for arbi tration steps were at once taken to call the men out strike orders prepared to be issued to-day it was announced during the aft ernoon that strike orders prepared in new york would be issued at the bijou theater sunday morning the new move leaves the situation still in the balance this rush of events followed an unexpected personal visit by presi dent wilson at the capitol the sen sational turn given to the proceed â– ings threw the executives into a state ! of panic they had no intimation of what was coming off and were in session at the time putting the finishing touches to what they were pleased to j term their ultimatum railroads waiting pleasure of wilson a hurried adjournment was taken and at 7 o'clock hale ho!den chair man of the subcommittee of the ex ecutives issued this statement the railway presidents having i concluded their discussion the com i | mittee of eight has asked for an ap j pointment lit the white house they ; are awaiting the pleasure of presi dent wilson when the statement was issued the executives had no definite knowledge of the main purport of the confer ence between the president and the i democratic leaders in the senate they had decidedly unanimously to renew the demand that the question i of an eight-hour day be submitted to arbitration agree to set aside increase in wages their only concession was a pro posed agreement to set aside from foe destroys u s fleet and lands army in new york base established on long island by admiral mayo after defeating blues bv international news service washington aug 26 â€” the blue defending fleet of rear ad miral helm has been destroyed or put out of action the submarines fail ing to interfere with the landing of enemy troops on long island and admiral mayo with the red fleet has won the greatest of naval war games ever attempted off the ameri can coast the central problem of the war j game was the landing of a fully j armed and equipped army at some point on the atlantic coast between eastport me and cap hatteraa | admiral mayo was sighted 600 mile3 off the coast and was reported to be convoying thirty transports late last night the defending fleet was drawn up to strike admiral | i mayo in the vicinity of cape may | n r but the red commander sud i cienly changed his course and head ed straight up the jersey coast to ward new york the battle fleets came in direct contact about five o'clock this morning the battle | raged for about six hours during which the blue fleet was construc tively annihilated the only hope of the defenders lay in the submarines twelve of which i were bunched off fire island for | just such an emergency the sub i marines rushed forward and attempt j ed to stop the landing operations | pour of the submarines were prompt ly sunk and others damaged this gave admiral mayo complete control | ut the sea relative of banker captured in indiana trail of max silver and myste rious woman now closely fol lowed and their apprehension with nearly 100,000 expected charles s jackson found by detectives in wawasee ind denies implication in or knowledge of bank looting poltce hot on the trail of max silver private banker who is missing along with his deposi tors funds scooped up their nets last | night at lake wawasee indiana and i got charles s jackson 14s brother in-law who left Chicago at the time i of silver's flight jackson was rushed to Chicago avul ' upon his arrival war between state's attorney hoyne and the police de partment broke out anew the law yer's police escort was met by opera stives from the state's attorney's of fice who at once took jackson to the i criminal court building mr hoyno then heatedly denounced the police department blaming upon their in terference the spoiling of a coup which would have resulted in the arrest of max silver and the tracing j of his brother adolph ; will follow new clew pointing to toledo o while questioning jackson th.es state's attorney gave orders to fol low a new clew pointing to toledo 0 a-s the abjective point of max sil ver's flight the latest information furnished to the examiner anil turned over to mr hoyne links la with the chain of facts which in dicate that the fugitive private banker had spent part of the time since his flight with jackson in in diana state's attorney hoyne described jackson's arrest as a monumental blunder on the part of chief healey's police department he said the prem ature arrest spoiled a chance to get a line on silver the police in turn blamed newspaper reporters who bit the trail to wawasee , this arrest of jackson furnishes one of the worst blunders on the part of chief healey that the state's at torney's office has yet had to deal with said mr hoyne at midnight when the prisoner was brought be fore him for further questioning which brought no confession of any thing declares police spoiled plans they picked jackson up when we had two men trailing him two men who knew when jackson left Chicago where he had gone and where he last saw silver while we were await ing developments in step the police and spoil all by by this blundering arrest he added jackson proved an obstinate catch he protested his lack of knowledge of the bank failure or of max sil ver's doings throughout the trip to ! Chicago and the early grilling in the ' hands of state's attorney hoyne though jackson himself named in a warrant charging him v.-ith a part in a conspiracy in the bank failure protested his innocence of every thing the police did le.trn that ha was visited at wawaaee inn by x stubby mustached man who might be silver meets man and woman in auto that connected with the report from wawasee which was supplied by a Chicago commercial man r a burnett 4501 calumet avenue leads the police to believe tha the flteing banker was in the neighborhmft aug , â€” â€” . , i continued on 10th page 3d column i ___ __ k continued on 10th page ist column continued on sth page ist column continued on 2d page 6t+i column y final y 1 edition ( ) this edition consist of f ) t i â€” sew * â€” society \- s 1 *â€” sews b â€” city life f~~j i i 1 t__t_t_._a orrctsau _. \ _â€” actoc movies sports 8 â€” a ent ad k_iot real estate feature f magosi'e clubs 8 comics v n â€” 1